00:00I really wanted blues clues early on when I first moved to LA.
00:03And you fought for it?
00:05I tried real hard, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:06It's like 1999, I didn't get it.
00:07But I would've had it, I would've loved it, and uh...
00:10You'd be that guy.
00:11Yeah, the early, I also...
00:12Wait, what do you mean you really want a blues clues?
00:14I undo.
00:15I would've loved to have been, it's like a show for toddlers.
00:20The Hollywood Reporter's Comedy Actor Roundtable is about to premiere.
00:23And we're giving you a special...
00:25Special Preview.
00:26The episode marks the latest installment in our signature roundtable series, Offscreen.
00:30Script with The Hollywood Reporter.
00:32This time around, the stars sitting down at our iconic table are...
00:35Adam Brody, Ted Danson, John Mulaney, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel...
00:40And Julio Torres.
00:41When things come your way, what a John Mulaney type is?
00:44I think it's...
00:45Still, it has traditionally...
00:46Yes.
00:47When it's come up...
00:48Yes.
00:49And still means, I think, sort of like a genital...
00:50Like, hey, blah, blah, blah.
00:51Kind of like a...
00:52Like, hey, blah, blah, blah.
00:53Kind of like a...
00:55Like a soulless wooden boy...
00:57Who's fast on his feet.
00:58Cool.
00:59During the hour-long sit...
01:00Down moderated by THR's Lacey Rose, the six actors spoke about everything from getting
01:04bad...
01:05Bad notes.
01:06We've gotten some very bad notes over the years.
01:08Like, we're trying to put, like, Michael Cera...
01:10Jonah Hill in something.
01:11And we're like, we think these guys are, like, got a future on their hands.
01:14And they're like, I don't see...
01:15I don't see it, necessarily.
01:16Like, uh...
01:17Like, Emma Stone.
01:18I think they were like...
01:19That took some...
01:20Convincing things like that.
01:21That it's shocking in retrospect.
01:23Being funny at every age.
01:25What is it like to be funny at this age?
01:26And how is it different than being funny or sort of earlier in your career?
01:29It hurts a little more.
01:30Okay.
01:31Okay.
01:32Okay.
01:33When you see in the script, he runs.
01:35He's...
01:35You know, you kind of get a scamper off this way.
01:36You couldn't they scam?
01:37You couldn't...
01:38They scam...
01:39They scam...
01:40away from him. And even navigating a career pivot. I decided
01:45I wanted to see if I was good at dramas. And so I like dove in hard and I thought look
01:50out world. Here comes me doing drama. And it turns out nobody gives a shit.
01:55You want to do a big career pivot. It's like no one cares but you. You have to care.
02:00The most off script with the Hollywood Reporter is known for bringing the entertainment industry's top creative.
02:05Together for inspiring and surprising conversations.
02:08Julio do you know what Julio
02:10Torres type is if you were to see it? I think it depends on who wrote it.
02:15Sure. Because sometimes they just mean annoying young
02:20person I don't understand. Catch the Comedy Actor Roundtable when it airs at 9 p.m.
02:25Pacific midnight Eastern on Friday June 13th on IFC. It will be available to stream.
02:30the same day on AMC+. The extended digital version will be posted on YouTube.com.
02:35Hollywood Reporter and THR.com on Sunday June 15th for the latest roundtable conversation.
02:40And much more Emmys coverage. Keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.
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